I didn’t get to the bit where she claims to be the adopted spawn of a secret CIA experiment or something because the article is really boring. So I don’t know if she is different or not. And I don’t care.

I think there’s a discussion knocking around on Quora, maybe one of the saner bits of Reddit, that suggests No. Or at least, that that particular use of And can be a right bugger for furriners, at first anyway.

It is probably not socially acceptable to say so but she is not aging well. Still full marks for two things:

1. She does not disrespect her parents. In fact she is complimentary about all of them – especially her father. That is very rare these days. My respect for anyone who forgoes the opportunity to curry favour with the sisterhood goes up, and

2. Listening to her father, who clearly gave her some good advice:

My father gave me some great advice – he said I needed to figure out what made me different from all the girls who looked exactly like me in California. He said if you can’t figure out what makes you special, you will never get a job.

Still can’t forgive her for that abortion of a Battlestar Galactica though.